Brian Gruber
Brian Gruber
behind defense strikes threw work
Zach threw strikes and let his defense work behind him.
approach hard means nice paying positives program strides team wins work
As a team and as a program we really made strides in how we play and how we approach the game. There were a lot of positives that we can take away. The wins are always nice to see. It means the hard work is paying off.
game pitching ran rough sixth
We ran into some pitching troubles. This is our sixth game here and we're a little rough around the edges.
ball errors hit mental prepared seven sharp six throw top
We hit the ball well, but defensively we had six errors. And you can throw six or seven mental errors on top of that. We were not very sharp and not prepared to play.
execution
It's a gutsy play, but it's all about execution.
ball deserved doubles extra gave hard hit home kept runs wind
They hit the ball hard and with the wind blowing, they deserved the doubles and home runs they hit. We kept up with them, but gave them too many extra outs.
again hiatus nice outside
It was just nice to be outside again after the two-week hiatus being back indoors.
ball came game hit innings needed
The game came down to two big innings and we hit the ball when we needed to.
ball guys lose matter picking score willing
The guys were not willing to lose the ball game, it didn't matter what the score was. Everyone was picking each other up.
confidence defensive funk guys job levels mentally nice
The guys are doing a nice job and they keep battling. We're just in a little defensive funk right now. It's more mentally than any thing. They just have to keep their confidence levels up there.
continued fact hitting players proud refused stepped timely yesterday
I was especially proud of the fact that they refused to lose. Different players stepped up for us all day long. The timely hitting that we had yesterday continued today.
ask ball decent defense errors job nice overall pitchers pitching plate played relay staff throwing
Overall we did a pretty decent job today. We played well defensively. Our two errors were throwing errors on relay plays. They were nothing really major. Our pitchers did a nice job. We don't have a pitching staff that will get a lot of strikeouts. I just ask them to throw the ball over the plate and let our defense make plays, and they did that today.
best complete hitting matt second stepped stuff work
Matt really stepped it up. He didn't have his best stuff but went out and pitched a complete game. Our hitting was a little better in the second game. Zach got a big hit with two outs. We still have work to do with hitting and defense.
chance far good guys ourselves played program stick
I think we showed where we are with our program and played with them that first game. It's good for our guys to see that if we play our game, we give ourselves a chance to win. It's a good measuring stick to see where we are and how far we have to go.